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FILM-~ORMING ORGANOPOL~SILO~ANE COMPOSITION
The present invention relates to a film-forming
organopolysiloxane composition which imparts an excellent
releaseability and lubricity to the surface of various
types of rubber materials.
The following techniqùes are already known for
imparting release and lubrication properties to the
surfaces of various types of rubber materials:
(a) coating said surface with a strongly releasing,
highly lubricating silicone oil or fluorine-type
oil;
(b) coating and curing a releasing and lubricating
silicone resin onto said surface.
However, the technique of applying a strongly
releasing, highly lubricating oil suffers from the
problem of the gradual decline in the effect of the
coated oil due to its loss from the surface with the
passage of time. In addition, with regard to the coating
and curing of a releasing and lubricating silicone resin,
the cured resin film thus obtained cannot follow or track
the rubber material's elongation. This results in a
pronounced tendency for cracking to occur on the surface
of the rubber material during the expansion and
contraction which accompanies its flexing. The
releaseability and lubricity are then lost, and the
external appearance is compromised at the same
time. Thus, rubber materials which employ this approach
cannot tolerate long-term application.
In order to solve these problems arising in the
prior art, the present inventors have already proposed a
film-forming organopolysiloxane composition made from a
special organopolysiloxane compositiOn (refer to Japanese
Patent Application Number 01-198840 [198,840/89]).
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However, while this composition evidences good adherence
to silicone rubbers and fluororubbers, its adherence for
other organic rubbers is somewhat poor, and it does not
always provide a satisfactory performance when such other
organic rubbers are deployed in service accompanied by
such actions as friction or flexing.
The present inventors carried out extensive
research directed at solving the problems listed above.
As a result, they discovered that the aforementioned
problems, and particularly the problem of adhesion to
organic rubbers other than silicone rubbers and
fluororubbers, can be substantially solved by coating~and
curing an organopolysiloxane composition containing
special organosilanes onto the surface of the rubber
material. The present invention was achieved based on
this discovery.
In other words, the present invention takes as
its ob~ect the introduction of a film-forming
organopolysiloxane composition which can form a
self-bonding, rubbery elastic cured film that strongly
adheres to various types of rubber materials, and
particularly to organic rubbers other than silicone
rubbers and fluororubbers, while imparting an excellent
releaseability and lubricity to the surface of the coated
rubber.
The present invention therefore relates to a
film-forming organopolysiloxane composition for imparting
releaseability and lubricity to the surface of various
types of rubber materials, which characteristically
consists of
(a) 50 to 90 weight% of a block organopolysiloxane
copolymer composed of
(i) 10 to 80 weight% of an organopolysiloxane resin
composed of
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Rxsi~(4-x)/2
units, wherein R is a monovalent hydrocarbon group
and x has an average value of 1.0 to 1.3,
(ii) 2 to 30 weight% of end-blocking siloxane units
composed of
Rl SiR ~(3 y)/2
units, wherein R is a silicon-bonded hydrolyzable
functional group, R2 is a monovalent hydrocarbon
group, and y has an average value of 1.8 to 2.0, and
(iii) 10 to 80 weight% of a straight-chain
organopolysiloxane composed of
R32Sio
units, wherein R3 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group,
of which at least 80 mole% is methyl;
(b) 2 to ~0 weight% of an organosilane having the
general formula
(R4O)aSi- O-N=C
R5c - \R7 b
wherein R4, R5, R6, and R7 are monovalent
hydrocarbon groups, a is zero, 1, 2, 3, or 4, b is
zero, 1, 2, 3, or 4,
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a + b is 3 or 4, c is zero or 1, and a + b + c + d
is 4 or the partial hydrolyzate thereof;
(c) 4 to 40 weight% of an epoxy group-containing
organoalkoxysilane and an alkenyl group-containing
organoacetoxysilane, or their condensation-reaction
product;
(d) 0.1 to 10 weight% of an diorganopolysiloxane having
an hydroxyl or an alkoxy group at the molecular
terminal;
(e) zero to 10 weight% ofaninorganicor organic micropowder;
(f) 0.1 to 10 weight% ofacondensation-reaction catalyst;
and
(g) an arbitrary quantity of organic solvent.
To explain the preceding in greater detail, the
principal or main component of the present invention is
the block organopolysiloxane copolymer comprising the
component (a) used by the present invention. This
component comprises a block organopolysiloxane copolymer
composed of
(i) 10 to 80 weight% ofanorganopolysiloxane resin composed of
RXsio(4-x)/2
units, wherein R is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, for
example, an alkyl group such as methyl, ethyl, or propyl,
etc., or an aryl group such as phenyl, etc.; and x has an
average value of 1.0 to 1.3,
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(ii) 2 to 30 weight% ofend-bloc~ng siloxane u~ts composed
of
Rl SiR ~(3 y)/2
units, wherein Rl is a hydrolyzable functional group
which is exemplified by alkoxy groups such as methoxy,
ethoxy, propoxy, etc., by oxime groups such as methyl
ethyl ketoxime, etc., and by the acetoxy group; R2 is a
monovalent hydrocarbon group, for example, an alkyl group
such as methyl, ethyl, or propyl, etc., or an aryl group
such as phenyl, etc.; and y has an average value of 1-.8
to 2.0, and
(iii) 10 to 80 weight% ofastraight-chain organopolysiloxane
composed of
R32sio
units, wherein R is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, for
example, an alkyl group such as methyl, ethyl, or propyl,
etc., or an aryl group such as phenyl, etc., of which at
least 80 mole% is methyl.
This block organopolysiloxane copolymer is
exemplified by block organopolysiloxane copolymers
obtained by the condensation reaction of a
dimethylpolysiloxane carrying silanol groups or alkoxy
groups at the molecular chain terminals, with the
hydrolysis condensate of a phenyltrialkoxysilane such as
6 5 ( H3)3, C6H5Si(OC2H5)3. It may also be
exemplified by block organopolysiloxane copolymers
obtained by the condensation reaction of a
dimethylpolysiloxane carrying silanol groups or alkoxy
groups at the molecular chain terminals, with the
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hydrolysis condensate of a methyltrialkoxysilane such as
CH3Si(OCH3)3 or CH3Si(OC2H5)3.
With regard to the preparation of these
organopolysiloxanes, the hydrolysis/condensation reaction
of the aforementioned organosilanes is preferably
gradually developed in a nonpolar solvent (for example,
toluene, xylene, etc.) by the addition of the required
quantity of water. Hydrochloric acid or the metal salt
of octylic acid, naphthenic acid, etc., should be used as
catalyst for the production of the block copolymer by the
condensation reaction. The silicon-bonded hydrolyzable
functional groups may be introduced through a partiar
hydrolysis of the aforementioned alkoxysilane in order to
leave residual alkoxy groups or by running an
end-blocking reaction during the condensation reaction by
the addition of hydrolyzable silane.
The organosilane comprising the component (b)
used by the present invention is a crosslinker for the
organopolysiloxane comprising component ta), and it is
the essential component for inducing adhesion between the
composition of the present invention and various types of
rubber materials. The groups R4, R5, R6, and R7 in the
formula given above comprise monovalent hydrocarbon
groups as exemplified by alkyl groups such as methyl,
ethyl and propyl, and by alkenyl groups such as vinyl and
allyl. The organosilane under consideration is
exemplified by oxime group-containing organosilanes such
as methyltris(methyl ethyl ketoxime)silane and
vinyltris(methyl ethyl ketoxime)silane; organosilanes
which contain both the oxime group and alkoxy group, such
as methylmethoxydi(methyl ethyl ketoxime)silane and
diethoxydi(methyl ethyl ketoxime)silane; alkoxy
group-containing organosilanes such as
methyltrimethoxysilane, methyltriethoxysilane and
vinyltrimethoxysilane; as well as by mixtures of the
preceding. This crosslinking component may also take the
form of the partial hydrolysis-condensate obtained by a
reaction in which the necessary quantity of water is
added to an organosilane, as listed above.
The component (b) under consideration is added
within the range of about 2 to 50 weight70, and preferably
within the range of 5 to 40 weight%, relative to 50 to 90
weight% of component (a). The composition of the present
invention will be inadequately crosslinked at an addition
below about 2 weight%. On the other hand, an addition in
excess of about 50 weight% causes the cured film to be
hard and brittle, and it can then no longer track the
rubber material's elongation.
The component (c) used by the present invention
comprises an epoxy-containing organoalkoxysilane plus an
alkenyl-containing organoacetoxysilane, or the
condensation-reaction product therefrom. This is the
critical component for improving adherence by the present
invention's composition to organic rubbers. The addition
of either of these silanes by itself will not lead to the
development of an acceptable effect; rather, it is
essential that they both be present in the composition
simultaneously. This component should be added at about
4 to 40 weight%, and preferably at 5 to 15 weight%,
relative to 50 to 90 weight% of component (a). In
addition, the weight ratio between the epoxy-containing
organoalkoxysilane and the alkenyl-containing
organoacetoxysilane should fall within the range of about
1:9 to 9:1, but preferably falls within the range of 3:7
to 7:3.
The epoxy-containing organoalkoxysilane under
consideration is exemplified by
gamma-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane,
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gamma-glycidoxypropyltriethoxysilane and
beta-(3,4-epoxycyclohexyl)ethyltrimethoxysilane.
The alkenyl-containing organoacetoxysilane is exemplified
by vinyltriacetoxysilane and allyltriacetoxysilane.
Component (c) may take the form of a mixture of
epoxy-containing organoalkoxysilane and
alkenyl-containing organoacetoxysilane, but it may also
take the form of the product obtained from the
preliminary reaction of these two compounds. This
preliminary reaction product can be readily obtained, for
example, by heating the mixture of epoxy-containing
organoalkoxysilane and alkenyl-containing
organoacetoxysilane at a temperature above the ambient
temperature.
The diorganopolysiloxane comprising the
component (d) employed by the present invention is the
component which functions to endow the composition of the
present invention with release and lubrication
properties. In order for this diorganopolysiloxane to
react with component (a) and/or component (b), it must
carry an hydroxyl group or alkoxy group (e.g., methoxy,
ethoxy, propoxy, etc.) at the molecular terminal. The
main chain of this diorganopolysiloxane will generally
consist of polydimethylsiloxane, but a portion of these
methyl groups may be replaced by alkyl groups such as
ethyl, propyl, etc.; by aromatic hydrocarbon groups such
as phenyl, styryl, etc.; or by substituents which carry
reactive functional gr~ups such as the epoxy group or
amlno group.
This diorganopolysiloxane is exemplified by
dimethylhydroxysiloxy-terminated dimethylpolysiloxanes,
dimethylhydroxysiloxy-terminated
dimethylsiloxane-methylphenylsiloxane copolymers,
i,
dimethylpolysiloxanes blocked at one molecular chain
terminal by the dimethylhydroxysiloxy group and blocked
at the other molecular chain terminal by the
trimethylsiloxy group, dimethylmethoxysiloxy-terminated
dimethylpolysiloxanes, and
dimethylmethoxysiloxy-terminated dimethylsiloxane-
methylphenylsiloxane copolymers.
The component (d) under consideration should be
added at about 0.1 to 10 weight%, and preferably at 0.1
to 5 weight%, per 50 to 90 weight% of component (a).
The optional inorganic or organic micropowder
comprising the component (e) used by the present
invention functions to provide a further increase in the
release and lubrication properties of the composition
according to the present invention, and this component is
added as necessary when higher levels of performance are
required. By imparting roughness to the surface of the
resulting cured film, the inorganic or organic
micropowder reduces the area of contact with any
impinging body and thus provides a further improvement in
the release and lubrication properties. No specific
restriction applies to the particle diameter of the
micropowder as long as roughness can be imparted to the
cured film, but particle diameters below 5 micrometers
are typically used. The material comprising this
component should not dissolve or swell in the organic
solvent used in the composition according to the present
invention, described infra. Nor should the particles
aggregate during long-term storage. This component (e)
is exemplified by such inorganic micropowders as talc,
silica, bentonite, and the like, and by such organic
micropowders as polyethylene micropowder, fluororesin
micropowder and silicone resin micropowder.
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The component (e) under consideration should be
added at a level of up to about 10 weight70, and
preferably at 0.5 to 5 weight%, relative to 50 to 90
weight% of component (a).
The condensation-reaction catalyst comprising
the component (f) used by the present invention functions
to promote or accelerate curing by the composition of the
present invention. The condensation-reaction catalyst
under consideration is exemplified by organometallic
catalysts such as dibutyltin diacetate, dibutyltin
dilaurate, dioctyltin dilaurate, dibutyltin dioctoate,
zinc naphthenate, cobalt naphthenate, tin octylate,
cobalt octylate, zirconium naphthenate, zirconium
octylate and tetrabutyl orthotitanate, and by amine
catalysts (excluding organosilicon compounds) such as
diethanolamine, triethanolamine, and the like.
This component should be added at about 0.1 to
10 weight%, and preferably at 0.3 to 5 weight%, relative
to 50 to 90 weight~ of component (a).
The organic solvent comprising the component
(g) employed by the present invention functions to
dissolve or disperse the preceding components (a) through
(f) and thus functions to facilitate and support the
uniform coating or application of the present invention's
composition on the surface of the rubber material. This
organic solvent is exemplified by aromatic hydrocarbons
such as toluene, xylene and benzene; by aliphatic
hydrocarbons, such as n-hexane, n-heptane, rubber
volatiles and industrial-purpose gasoline; by chlorinated
hydrocarbons, such as carbon tetrachloride,
l,l,l-trichloroethane and perchloroethylene; and by
ketone organic solvents, such as methyl ethyl ketone and
methyl isobutyl ketone.
Since this component functions to facilitate
uniform application onto the surface of the rubber
material by dissolving or dispersing components (a)
through (f), its quantity of addition is freely
selectable. However, it should generally be used within
the range of 40 to 90 weight%, and preferably within the
range of 60 to 80 weight%, of the total film-forming
organopolysiloxane composition of the present invention.
In addition to the components (a) through (g)
as described hereinbefore, the composition according to
the present invention may as necessary or desired,
contain colorants, such as dyes, pigments, and the like,
as long as the object of the present invention is not
compromised.
When applied to any of various types of rubber
materials, the composition according to the present
invention as described above strongly adheres to the
rubber material and endows the surface of same with
durable release and lubrication properties. The
composition according to the present invention may be
very simply applied onto the surface of various types of
rubber materials by such coating techniques as spraying,
brushing, immersion, or flow coating followed by standing
as such, or by heating according to the circumstances, in
order to bring about simultaneous curing and drying.
The present invention will be explained below
in greater detail through illustrative examples, in which
parts = weight parts, the viscosity is the value at 25
degrees Centigrade, and Ph = phenyl.
In the examples, the adherence was numerically
evaluated based on the number of abrasions necessary to
peel or separate the film, the releaseability was
numerically evaluated based on the value of the peeling
resistance, and the lubricity was numerically evaluated
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based on the dynamic friction coefficient. These
measurement values were obtained by the following
methods.
In the examples, peeling resistance was
measured as follows. The film-forming organopolysiloxane
composition was coated in a prescribed quantity on the
surface of the particular rubber substrate and was then
converted into the cured film by heating for the
prescribed time in a hot-air circulation oven at the
prescribed temperature. Using a 2 kg roller, polyester
tape (Polyester Tape 31B from Nitto Denko Kabushiki
Kaisha, Japan, width = 4 cm) was pressed onto the surface
of the cured film, and this assembly was allowed to stand
as such for 1 hour and was then used as the measurement
specimen .
Using a tensile tester, the tape was
subsequently pulled off at a peel rate of 30 cm/minute
and a peel angle of 180 degrees, and the force (g)
required for peeling was measured.
In the examples, dynamic friction coefficient
was measured as follows. A cured film of the
film-forming organopolysiloxane composition was formed on
the surface of the particular rubber substrate by the
same method as for the peeling resistance test. An
aluminum plate (5 cm x 5 cm) was placed on the resulting
surface to serve as the contact element. A load was
placed on top of the plate such that the sum of the
weight of the contact 21ement and the weight of the load
was 250 g. The contact element was then pulled
horizontally at a sliding rate of 10 m/minute and the
friction coefficient was calculated from the required
pulling force.
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Example 1
A 60% toluene solution was prepared of a
(methoxy + silanol)-containing polysiloxane resin
composed of PhSiO3/2 units, wherein Ph denotes a phenyl
radical, by carrying out an hydrolysis by adding toluene
and 2 moles of water to 1 mole of phenyltrimethoxysilane.
To 23 weight parts of this solution were added 20 weight
parts of a silanol-terminated dimethylpolysiloxane
(viscosity = 70 centistokes), 10 weight parts
methyltrimethoxysilane, and 50 weight parts toluene for
dilution. This was then condensation polymerized in the
presence of a catalytic quantity of hydrochloric acid,
and the produced water and methanol were distilled from
the reaction system together with toluene. Toluene was
then added to adjust the solids content and afford a
solution (nonvolatiles = 70%, viscosity = 700
centistokes) of a (methoxy + silanol)-containing
polysiloxane made up of phenylpolysiloxane blocks and
dimethylpolysiloxane blocks. This was designated as
resin A.
The following were then combined and mixed to
afford a film-forming organopolysiloxane composition: 30
weight parts resin A, 10 weight parts
methyltrimethoxysilane, 3 weight parts
gamma-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane, 3 weight parts
vinyltriacetoxysilane, 0.5 weight parts silanol-terminated
dimethylpolysiloxane (viscosity = 14,000 centistokes),
0.2 weight parts dibutyltin diacetate, and 53.3 weight
parts toluene.
This film-forming organopolysiloxane
composition was poured onto a frame-equipped panel,
allowed to stand for 1 day at room temperature, and then
heated for 30 minutes at 150 degrees Centigrade to give a
2-mm thick cured sheet. A tensile elongation of 55% was
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measured on this cured product using the measurement
method stipulated in JIS K 6301.
This composition was spray coated onto rubber
plates (7 cm x lS cm x 0.2 cm) as reported in Table 1,
followed by standing for 30 minutes at room temperature
and then heating for 30 minutes at 100 degrees Centigrade
to afford the cured film. Bonding to the plate substrate
was evaluated by rubbing with a fingernail, and the
obtained results are reported in Table 1. For
comparison, a film-forming organopolysiloxane composition
was prepared by omitting the
gamma-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane and
vinyltriacetoxysilane from the composition of Example 1.
Bonding by this composition was evaluated as above, and
these results are also reported in Table 1. In Table 1,
a "+" indicates that the film was not peeled from the
substrate when scraped with a fingernail, while an "x"
indicates that the film was peeled.
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Table 1
substrates present comparison
invention example
silicone rubber + +
fluororubber + +
urethane rubber + +
butyl rubber + +
natural rubber + x
chloroprene rubber + x
"Hypalon"* rubber + +
ethylene/propylene rubber + x
nitrile rubber + +
styrene rubber + +
acrylic rubber + x
Among the preceding, the peeling resistance
value was measured on the surface of the coated samples
for chloroprene rubber and acrylic rubber, and these
results are reported in Table 2. For comparison, the
peeling resistance value was measured on the
corresponding rubber material itself, and this is
reported in Table 2 in the comparison example column.
* Trademark for chlorosulfonated polyethylene, a synthetic rubber.
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Table 2
substrates present invention comparison example
peeling resistance
(g/4 cm)
chloroprene rubber 4 120
acrylic rubber 5 530
Example 2
A mixture was prepared of 30 weight parts resin
A from Example 1, 10 weight parts methyltris(methyl ethyl
ketoxime)silane, 2 weight parts
gamma-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane, 2 weight parts
vinyltriacetoxysilane, 0.5 weight parts silanol-terminated
dimethylpolysiloxane (viscosity = 80 centistokes), and
0.3 weight parts dibutyltin dilaurate. This mixture was
diluted to 100 weight parts with a mixed solvent of
n-heptane/methyl ethyl ketone (in a 4/1 weight ratio) to
give a film-forming or~anopolysiloxane composition. The
tensile elongation of this composition was 81% according
to measurement as in Example 1. Following the procedure
given in Example 1, this composition was flow-coated onto
the surface of urethane rubber and ethylene/propylene
rubber (EP rubber) and converted into the cured film, on
which the peeling resistance and dynamic friction
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coefficient were then measured. The obtained results are
reported in Table 3.
The comparison example column in Table 3
reports the results for measurement of the peeling
resistance and dynamic friction coefficient directly on
the urethane rubber and EP rubber without treatment.
Table 3
substrates present invention comparison example
peelinq resistance
(g/4 cm)
urethane rubber 6 1700
EP rubber 5 320
dynamic friction coefficient
urethane rubber 0.30 0.S3
EP rubber 0.32 0.49
Example 3
A film-forming organopolysiloxane composition
was prepared by the addition of 0.5 weight parts
bentonite to 100 weight parts of the film-forming
organopolysiloxane composition from Example 2. This
composition was evaluated for its release and lubrication
properties as in Example 1, and the obtained results are
reported in Table 4.
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Table 4.
substrates
measurement value silicone rubber fluororubber
peeling resistance, g/4 cm O O
dynamic friction coefficient 0.24 0.25
Example 4
An adhesion evaluation wa9 conducted as in
Example 1, except that in the present case the 3 weight
parts gamma-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane and 3 weight
parts vinyltriacetoxysilane used in Example 1 were
replaced by a condensation-reaction product obtained from
gamma-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane and
vinyltriacetoxysilane. This condensation-reaction
product was obtained by maintaining the mixture of 1 mole
gamma-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane and 1 mole
vinyltriacetoxysilane at 50 degrees Centigrade for 3
days. The obtained results are reported in Table 5.
Another film-forming organopolysiloxane composition was
similarly obtained from the composition of Example 3, but
in this case without the addition of the
gamma-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane t
vinyltriacetoxysilane condensation-reaction product.
This composition was sub~ected to adhesion testing as
above, and the obtained results are reported in the
comparison example column in Table 5.
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Table 5
substrates present comparison
invention example
silicone rubber + +
fluororubber + +
urethane rubber + +
butyl rubber + +
natural rubber + x
chloroprene rubber + - x
"Hypalon"* rubber + +
ethylene/propylene rubber + x
nitrile rubber + +
styrene rubber + +
acrylic rubber + x
* Trademark
